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frantic deceiving fragmentation wave room begging leading lady hurrying walking police station heroine legs friend mode mixture ex-husband mickey-mousing 11th chord source music plagal cadence daughter server sports deceptive resolution divorce leaving closing dramatic cheerful triumphant hopeful death fighting pedal tone parallelism chromatic parallelism oscillation self-borrowing chromatic scale shooting familiar tune collapsing flashback entering conversing parallel double period antagonist child dark football sleeping murder foreign key modulation wipe dying restaurant added-note chord water dreaming whole-tone chord love interest harsh augmented triad sequence popular music romantic tearing on-screen music robe calm lying insulting skipping playing clinking optimistic stern police chromatic wedge tense dock mother dancing name on screen traveling arguing angry augmented sixth chord score to source borrowing dissonant bass altered dominant illness nurse parallel period crying tender determined serving up ominous waltz street common-chord modulation dining rising victim peaceful common-tone diminished 7th doctor somber murderer flirting breaking playful staggering sinister voice-over emotional upbeat loving waitress pc set troubled deception source to score mocking record player memory kitchen worrying violence double exposure stinger warm chromatic mediant patient realizing detective cut from film AABA structure standing minor-major 7th chord arriving beach fear classical music searching half-diminished 7th chord selfishness heroic bold reuniting dance music drinking slamming common-tone dominant 7th confessing singing working questioning parallel 63s running toasting interrupting ballet jazz 9th chord watching distortion stairs sneaking suicide turbulent imitation sick person regretting ascending mysterious applying whole-tone scale pleading window door waiting sacrificing lamp interrogating looking bankruptcy kissing treating serious dissonant diminished 7th chord thinking gentle car linear chromaticism bill reverse stinger falling ocean down ringing apologizing reveal ladder underscoring sequential modulation telephone distress lost hope betrayal enharmonic reinterpretation greed agitated tragic chromatic sequence happy smiling raising confession mourning polo distressed gun graceful smashing pleasant waves cast list busy attraction glass newspaper maid knocking ABAC structure scored source music pondering fanfare Neapolitan writing sweet comical ugly bitter cook tritone justice 64 chord WB shield escaping excited slapping jaunty throwing success welcoming thanking shadow appoggiatura sliding bad news three-phrase period unstable suspension fantasy record forgiveness cooking hectic major 7th chord club secondary dominant blackmail octatonic chord disagreement title of film yelling glaring enharmonic modulation frolicking reverse picardy laughing stopping driving revealing scolding celebrating lonely sitting octatonic scale packing beach house sigh gesture breaking up split-7th chord romance excitement embracing ABAB structure disrobing chair anger husband uneasy promising suspenseful body calling staring resolved combination of themes swimming surprise sentimental gunshot noble ticking crime blinds opening love theme returning stunned guest rushing lumbering defeat spiral staircase rolling corpse work splashing contemplating aggressive starring list subtle train comforting setup whole-tone check discovering flashback ends resigned field dream-like jukebox whistling delicate spinning quotation cheering relaxed photograph betraying depressed